A Positive Downturn?
We need to make the most of the ambition; make it work for us. In a way it feels like behind the scenes, elements have managed to separate and create divisive lines between the conservation movement as a whole.
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Wildlife Map Reveals Conservation Concerns
By producing detailed maps on the distribution of the world's reptiles, an international team of scientists has completed the 'atlas of life', the first global review and map of every vertebrate species on Earth.
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Gentle Giant Gains New Protection
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the Manta Ray’s 2006 classification from “near threatened/regionally vulnerable” to “vulnerable.” This was in response to growing demand for their gill rakers
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Invasive Species Affect Animal Interactions
Known to impact native plant species, invertebrate populations and soil nutrients, it has also been noticed that in areas with Japanese stiltgrass, numbers of American toads have fallen.
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Sahara Shocks
The Sahara Desert is a spectacular place. Sahara is Arabic for “The Great Desert” and it truly is. It is the third largest after Antarctica and the Arctic and is the world’s hottest. At 9.4 million square kilometres (3.6 million square miles) it makes up 10% of the African continent.
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Disappearance of the Pika
The American pika has died out from a 165-square-mile area of habitat in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, due to climate change.
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